Fri 11/6
Last chance to get in make-up work
Mythbusters replacement assignment
Thu 11/5
Quiz on Newton's Laws and acceleration
Wed 11/4 Make-up work: Write down one example each that shows Newton's 3 different laws of motion
Used videos and demos to review all 3 of Newton's laws
Tue 11/3 Make-up work: CD 7-2 front side (in file)
Saw how Wall-E gets around outer space
Newton's 3rd Law: Equal and opposite reaction forces
Worksheet practice
Fri 10/30 Make-up work: Watch the first 6 minutes of this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVMlmL0BPQ and answer 1) What did they "turn off" to get the apple to stay still above the table? 2) What causes acceleration? 3) What happened when the robot arm pushed its hardest against the "heaviest" and "heavy" masses? What causes acceleration? Watched video and took notes. Practiced using Newton's 2nd Law: F= ma
Thu 10/29 Make-up work: Worksheet pg 15 (all) & 16 (# 2) What does direction mean for velocity? Is acceleration a vector? Reviewed falling things Learned how to predict where things would be in free fall.
Wed 10/28 Make-up work: Get instructions for PhET moving man simulation (need java, probably won't work on smartphones) and complete 2 pages. Example of acceleration Used Moving Man simulator to connect motion to graphs
Tue 10/27 Make-up work: Get Physics rate change worksheet and complete Q 1-6 Reviewed speed, velocity, and acceleration Whiteboard practice on rate change problems (DJ pay, football yardage) Worksheet with more practice on rates changing (not enough time...)
Fri 10/23 Make-up: Google "mythbuster results" and summarize how they tested any 3 myths (http://mythbustersresults.com/) Terminal velocity is equilibrium for falling objects Mythbusters test if a penny thrown off the Empire State Building could kill someone
Wed 10/21 Make-up work: Answer questions 1-8 on worksheet CD 4-1 (in file) Review speed and velocity Define acceleration is change in velocity over change in time Washer drop demo 1st 8 questions of worksheet 4-1
Wed 10/14 Make-up: Google "mythbuster results" and summarize how they tested any 3 myths (http://mythbustersresults.com/)
Tracking Speed video and Mythbusters surfboard myth video
Tue 10/13 Make-up: Complete speed and velocity worksheet Math Reaction video Speed and velocity worksheet Catchy Physics Phrases
(Mon 10/12 - Power Out, School canceled)
Fri 10/9 Make-up: Complete Distance and Speed sheet for runner data Collected runner data for worksheet and graphs
Thu 10/8 Make-up: Obtain runner data and complete all the calculations on the worksheet Graphed speed vs. time for the bowling ball Used Vocab chart to review all the concepts of this quarter
Wed 10/7 Make-up: Obtain bowling ball motion data and make a graph of Distance (side) vs. Average Time (bottom) Defining Motion, Bill Nye clip Defining speed Bowling Ball motion
Mon 10/5 Make-up work: Use the notes to learn about mass, weight, and Inertia. Do CD 3-1 & 3-2. (in file) Eureka video - mass Review Mass vs Weight Review Inertia and Newton's 1st Law CD 3-1 and 3-2
Fri 10/2 Make-up: Google "mythbuster results" and summarize how they tested any 3 myths (http://mythbustersresults.com/) Mythbusters on motorcycle tablecloth trick and Lethal Weapon surfboard
Thu 10/1 Make-up: Complete Newton's 1st Law - Mass, Weight, Volume #1-5 (in file) We've been learning Newton's 1st Law Inertia is the name for matter tending to do what it was already doing. Matter resists changes to its motion. Talked about differences between mass, weight, and volume Whiteboard practice Worksheet practice
Wed 9/30 Make-up: Complete "Jigsaw" sheet for all 3 scientist articles (in file) Review objects at rest and in motion Scientist and Motion jigsaw activity Equilibrium review word search - write sentences using the words as a make-up assignment
Tue 9/29 Make-up: Newton's 1st law reading and questions (in file) Review of kinds of equilibrium Flicking a card and leaving the penny behind & the tablecloth trick =Objects sitting still tend to stay sitting still Action figure goes over a cliff =Objects in motion tend to keep moving
Mon 9/28 Make-up: Read section on dynamic equilibrium and answer 3 questions (in file) Review Equilibrium Apple on a desk results / Support Force Balancing cards on a book while riding in a car? 2 kinds of equilibrium: static and dynamic Looked at a graph of speed vs. time Played with Phet Forces in 1d simulator
Tue 9/22 Make-up: Read Nature of Science packet (in file) and answer 3 questions at the end Group sorted cards into science IS and IS NOT Talked about which were hard or easy to decide Watched youtube video to decide for sure where things should be
Mon 9/21 Make-up: Get and RHR grid (in file) and find ones you think are important as well as ones you're not sure about.
Introduce Daily 3 Leslie's RHR classroom grid Answers to "Interview the Teacher"
2015-16
Quarter 1 - Newton's Laws and Motion
Fri 11/6
Last chance to get in make-up work
Mythbusters replacement assignment
Thu 11/5
Quiz on Newton's Laws and acceleration
Wed 11/4
Make-up work: Write down one example each that shows Newton's 3 different laws of motion
Used videos and demos to review all 3 of Newton's laws
Tue 11/3
Make-up work: CD 7-2 front side (in file)
Saw how Wall-E gets around outer space
Newton's 3rd Law: Equal and opposite reaction forces
Worksheet practice
Mon 11/2
Make-up work: F=ma practice sheet 1-4
Whiteboard practice of Newton's 2nd Law
Worksheet practice
Fri 10/30
Make-up work: Watch the first 6 minutes of this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVMlmL0BPQ and answer 1) What did they "turn off" to get the apple to stay still above the table? 2) What causes acceleration? 3) What happened when the robot arm pushed its hardest against the "heaviest" and "heavy" masses?
What causes acceleration? Watched video and took notes.
Practiced using Newton's 2nd Law: F= ma
Thu 10/29
Make-up work: Worksheet pg 15 (all) & 16 (# 2)
What does direction mean for velocity? Is acceleration a vector?
Reviewed falling things
Learned how to predict where things would be in free fall.
Wed 10/28
Make-up work: Get instructions for PhET moving man simulation (need java, probably won't work on smartphones) and complete 2 pages.
Example of acceleration
Used Moving Man simulator to connect motion to graphs
Tue 10/27
Make-up work: Get Physics rate change worksheet and complete Q 1-6
Reviewed speed, velocity, and acceleration
Whiteboard practice on rate change problems (DJ pay, football yardage)
Worksheet with more practice on rates changing
(not enough time...)
Mon 10/26 - Inservice Day, no students
Fri 10/23
Make-up: Google "mythbuster results" and summarize how they tested any 3 myths (http://mythbustersresults.com/)
Terminal velocity is equilibrium for falling objects
Mythbusters test if a penny thrown off the Empire State Building could kill someone
Thu 10/22
Make-up work: Watch the youtube videos below and then visit this page for more information
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/newtlaws/efar.cfm
Answer the following questions 1) Which has more mass, the elephant or the feather? 2) If dropped on the earth, which would hit the ground first? 3) If dropped on the moon (where there is no air), which would hit the ground first?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z8g8OSOMzY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5_dOEyAfk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur40O6nQHsw
Observed falling books, feathers, golf balls, ping pong balls, and tissues.
Terminal Velocity = equilibrium for falling objects
Wed 10/21
Make-up work: Answer questions 1-8 on worksheet CD 4-1 (in file)
Review speed and velocity
Define acceleration is change in velocity over change in time
Washer drop demo
1st 8 questions of worksheet 4-1
Tue 10/20
Make-up: Schedule a time with Leslie to make-up the test
Q1 Test #1: Equilibrium, Inertia, Motion
Mon 10/19
Make-up: N/A
Jeopardy review: Inertia, mass, weight, speed, equilibrium
Thu 10/15 - Fri 10/16
MEA Weekend, no school
Wed 10/14
Make-up: Google "mythbuster results" and summarize how they tested any 3 myths (http://mythbustersresults.com/)
Tracking Speed video and Mythbusters surfboard myth video
Tue 10/13
Make-up: Complete speed and velocity worksheet
Math Reaction video
Speed and velocity worksheet
Catchy Physics Phrases
(Mon 10/12 - Power Out, School canceled)
Fri 10/9
Make-up: Complete Distance and Speed sheet for runner data
Collected runner data for worksheet and graphs
Thu 10/8
Make-up: Obtain runner data and complete all the calculations on the worksheet
Graphed speed vs. time for the bowling ball
Used Vocab chart to review all the concepts of this quarter
Wed 10/7
Make-up: Obtain bowling ball motion data and make a graph of Distance (side) vs. Average Time (bottom)
Defining Motion, Bill Nye clip
Defining speed
Bowling Ball motion
Tue 10/6
Make-up: N/A
Review Challenge Day - worked as a team to answer tough questions on the things we've been studying
Mon 10/5
Make-up work: Use the notes to learn about mass, weight, and Inertia. Do CD 3-1 & 3-2. (in file)
Eureka video - mass
Review Mass vs Weight
Review Inertia and Newton's 1st Law
CD 3-1 and 3-2
Fri 10/2
Make-up: Google "mythbuster results" and summarize how they tested any 3 myths (http://mythbustersresults.com/)
Mythbusters on motorcycle tablecloth trick and Lethal Weapon surfboard
Thu 10/1
Make-up: Complete Newton's 1st Law - Mass, Weight, Volume #1-5 (in file)
We've been learning Newton's 1st Law
Inertia is the name for matter tending to do what it was already doing. Matter resists changes to its motion.
Talked about differences between mass, weight, and volume
Whiteboard practice
Worksheet practice
Wed 9/30
Make-up: Complete "Jigsaw" sheet for all 3 scientist articles (in file)
Review objects at rest and in motion
Scientist and Motion jigsaw activity
Equilibrium review word search - write sentences using the words as a make-up assignment
Tue 9/29
Make-up: Newton's 1st law reading and questions (in file)
Review of kinds of equilibrium
Flicking a card and leaving the penny behind & the tablecloth trick
=Objects sitting still tend to stay sitting still
Action figure goes over a cliff
=Objects in motion tend to keep moving
Mon 9/28
Make-up: Read section on dynamic equilibrium and answer 3 questions (in file)
Review Equilibrium
Apple on a desk results / Support Force
Balancing cards on a book while riding in a car?
2 kinds of equilibrium: static and dynamic
Looked at a graph of speed vs. time
Played with Phet Forces in 1d simulator
Fri 9/25
Make-up: CD 2-1 Nellie Newton worksheet (in file)
Review net force
Practice using the equilibrium rule
Thu 9/24 - Staff Development = No School
Wed 9/23
Make-up: Read section on forces and answer 3 circled questions at the end
Forces, vectors, what is a net force
Tue 9/22
Make-up: Read Nature of Science packet (in file) and answer 3 questions at the end
Group sorted cards into science IS and IS NOT
Talked about which were hard or easy to decide
Watched youtube video to decide for sure where things should be
Mon 9/21
Make-up: Get and RHR grid (in file) and find ones you think are important as well as ones you're not sure about.
Introduce Daily 3
Leslie's RHR classroom grid
Answers to "Interview the Teacher"
Monday 9/14 - Fri 9/18
Make-up: See Leslie during Advisory time to find out how to make up the project
Vee Chart Project
Thu 9/10 - Fri 9/11 (MAP Testing some periods each day)
Make-up work: Fill out a "Getting to Know You" sheet